“You are perfect exactly the way God made you” is not the line I’d have predicted, in 2016, to be in the fifth Trump address to a joint session of Congress. But it’s good to hear.
These speeches invariably run too long; Trump being late to arrive and delayed by constant heckling hasn’t helped matters. It’s a solid enough speech for what it’s worth, which means it will have no particular effect in my opinion.
Ukraine has not been mentioned once so far, interestingly.
Trump says there’s nobody better than Secretary Kennedy to figure out why reported autism rates have risen. How about anybody who hasn’t stuck by fradulent research on that question?
Well this little kid who just got made an honorary Secret Service agent is adorable. It’s all feel-good fluff, but there’s nothing wrong with the entire crowd chanting “D.J.! D.J.!”
If you could combine this public safety and immigration message with a coherent economic message, Trump would be a lot better off.
If Trump sticks with the tariff ideas he is outlining tonight, they will be economically destructive — and the next Democratic president would have an opportunity to preside over an economic boom simply by getting rid of them.
Clear partisan division in Congress as Trump proclaims, “the cartels are waging war on us, and it is time for us to wage war on them.”
Trump holds all the cards on the illegal immigration issue. Democrats have no answer to why immigration laws should be ignored.
Trump brings his “bill-signing” act – always popular – to the House chamber in a pretty striking moment, renaming a wildlife refuge after a murder victim of an illegal.
@dpino I suppose it’s better to know about tariffs before planting than right before harvest . . . not that that’s much consolation.